Dad rescues tot from burning car near Twin Bridges

A dad rescued his two-year-old son from a burning car when it caught fire this morning.

The man was driving in Mill Lane towards the Twin Bridges roundabout when he stopped at a red light immediately in front of the bridge at just after 9am.

His beige Jaguar Diesel is then reported to have completely stopped and a passer-by 'frantically' signalled to him there were flames under the vehicle.

Bracknell fire station's watch manager Michael Fulwell, who attended the scene, said there was only a small amount of fire but the man rushed to save his two-year-old tot who was in the back of the car.

The fire crew and police attended the scene at around 9.20am.

Watch manager Fulwell added there was a small fire under the bonnet and melted plastic dripped down on to the road and went up in flames.